Neil Patrick Harris Calls Out James Woods Over Tweet About Makeup-Wearing Boy

Neil Patrick Harris is not here for anyone's homophobia, and he's not afraid to let the world — and his Twitter followers — know it.

The actor recently took to social media to call out a particularly offensive tweet from fellow celebrity James Woods, who had posted about a young boy wearing makeup. In the tweet, Woods shared a photo of a family at a Pride event. The parents are each holding signs that read "I love my gender creative son" and "My son wears dresses and makeup — get over it." The child stands between the two adults, wearing a rainbow hat and carrying a matching flag, grinning from ear to ear.

It's definitely a touching photo, but sadly, Woods's comments are pretty horrific. "This is sweet," the actor wrote. "Wait until this poor kid grows up, realizes what you've done, and stuffs both of you dismembered into a freezer in the garage."

Luckily, Neil jumped in to defend the boy and his family — and his clapback was truly epic. "Utterly ignorant and classless, Mr. Woods," Harris posted on Twitter. "I'm friends with this family. You know not of what you speak, and should be ashamed of yourself."

Harris's response quickly earned a lot of attention, and has racked up over 28k retweets and 122k likes at the time of writing. And despite the fact that some of the comments in his mentions are just as offensive as Woods's initial tweet, it seems as though the majority of people are rallying behind the family with plenty of support and love. The official Twitter for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) wrote: "Thank you @ActuallyNPH for taking a stand against this vulgar & hateful statement. All children should be accepted & loved for who they are." And other fans piped in to call the family "beautiful" and express that the child should be accepted, no matter what.
We're glad that there are celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris out there — a lot of people could learn a thing or two from his kind heart and open mind.